The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-14

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An attempt was made in the House today
to get through an order to bring up again the
| question of furnishing the Revised Statutes,
but the Speaker ruled it out of order.
In the absence of the Governor the repre-
sentative from Jonesboro, who came III late,
is unable to qualify.
The bill introduced today relating to town
libraries provides for assessing for the sup
port of such sum not exceeding fifty cents
for each ratable poll, instead of 25 cents as
the law provides now.
A petition comes up from Hancock lcounty
asking for law protecting partridges and
woodcock for the entire year, excepting the
months Of October and November, and then
denying the use of dogs even in those months
also that deer be protected for the entire year
excepting the months OF October and No
yember.
The Name Shore Line railroad company
petition for the right to release and convey
to the Maine Central all its line between
Brewer and Hancock Point; also for the ex-
tension OF the time for the completion Of the
remainder of the road; and for permission
to own and manage q steamboat line between
its eastern terminus and the Provinces.
The petition from President Hyde and
others. of Brunswick, asking that the age of
consent be raised to IS years, which Mr..
Looney introduced yesterday, is now in the
hands of the committee on legal affairs. To-
day Mr.. Looney also presented a petition
asking the Legislature to continue to the
temporary Home in Deering the $1,000 for
the next three years.
The petition introduced by Mr.. Moore, of
Deering, today, relating to the catching Of
eels in the Presumpscot, is from people of
Falmouth and Deering, and asks for a close
time to prevent potting, spearing or dipping
from August lst to December LIST each year.
This petition is put in because certain persons
nave been engaged in potting, thereby get
ting large number of young eels, which are
Killed, thereby destroying the prospect of
plenty of eels in future.
Mr. Hawkes. intends to present tomorrow
morning petition of the York Harbor and
Beach Railroad Company asking that the
time for cempletinglthe road be extended be-
yond the First of next February, and that
the power may be granted to the road to
suspend operation during certain portion
(as winter of the year.
The judiciary committee have reported
fought to pass" on the act relating to over
seers of poor for Bangor; and on the act to
cede iand IN Eastport for United States
public building
On the petition of the Portland Water
Company, for an extension of its charter;
action will be taken next Tuesday.
General Lynch has been in Augusta to-
day. He is not candidate for the Brigadier
Generalship, preferring, he says, to be the
colonel of the 1st Regiment. But Col.
Mitchell of Bangor, colonel of the t2d Regi-
ment, is working hard for the place. Major
Hill OF Auburn is also in the field.
Mr. WaHa6a1dse
passage of the Dunn shipping bill was final
ly passed to-day, and awaits the Governors
signature.
The legal affairs committee voted to-day to
report favorably on the bill to charter the
Presque Isle Water Company
The so-called medical BILL" which is in
tended to put an end to the prosperity of
quacks is on the docket of the judiciary COM
mittee. Some remonstrances against its
passage have appeared, but no active meas
ures have been taken to press it.